Album
Album is an image viewer/organiser designed for BeOS-compatible operating systems.
The latest version (0.9.2)
0.9.1
Features
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Uses the Translation Kit for image previews.
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Employs the Node Monitor to keep things in sync.
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Extracts EXIF/IPTC tags and EXIF thumbnails.
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Loads image previews in a separate thread
File Browser
Shows image previews. Simply drag and drop files, folders or queries from any Tracker window
The program first tries to load an image preview stored in designated file attributes. If enabled, JPEG images are then searched for embedded EXIF thumbnails. If there is no embedded image previews one will be created using the Translation Kit, but it is not stored anywhere - you can do that by Write Thumbnails option in Attribute menu.
When a Tracker query is dropped into the view, the program reads all the matching queries and starts listening for updates - you can cancel that with the red stop button.
Shown items can be selected in a Tracker-like fashion (mouse and SHIFT/ALT keys).
File Details
Shows additional info about selected files.
When a single item is selected changing a name will rename the associated entry. If multiple items are selected (indicated by a wildcard in the filename) the program will try to rename files by replacing the wildcard with numbers.
Menu Bar
File
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About
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Move to Trash - Moves the selected items to the user Trash folder.
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Quit
Edit
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Select All
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Mark - Adds a special indicator on selected items and stores it as a file attributes, if possible.
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Unmark - Clears marks on the selected items
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Remove Selected - Removes the selected items from view, leaving the associated files intact.
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Preferences
View
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Order By - Changes ordering of items
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Columns - How many items will fit in one row, "auto" tries to fit the window width.
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Labels - What captions to show beneath each item
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Only Marked - Only show items with "marked" indicators
Attributes
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Copy Tags - Writes selected tags (upper list) in each selected item as file attributes, if possible.
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Write Tracker Icons - Makes Tracker icons for the selected images out of image previews.
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Write Thumbnails - Writes image previews as file attributes (attr. name can be set in Preferences).
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Remove Selected - Removes selected attributes (lower list)
Toolbar
Gives quick access to most used functions.
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Stop Button. On when the program is busy loading images or is waiting for live query updates.
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Progress Indicator / Item Counter. Shows the number of files loaded.
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Remove Button. Removes selected items.
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Copy Tags Button. Copies selected tags to file attributes.
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Mark Button. Marks selected files.
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Scale Slider. Zooms out the view so more items can be seen. The rightmost position means no change in size (factor 1).
